“Rocking Horse Winner,” (RHW) by D. H. Lawrence is about a little boy that has the ability to predict the future. When Paul gets on his rocking horse, he can envision which horse is going to win the next big race. While Paul was busy being a child, his mother was busy worrying about being able to stay in the upper-class appearance. They weren’t a poor family, but back then your financial status made a huge difference, so she was frequently stressing to be classified as an upper-class family. She tells Paul they need more money, but can’t get it because his father is unlucky. Paul’s said that sometimes the walls in his house would whisper, “There must be more money!” His mother has no idea that she is harming her child. Three ways parents hurt their children without knowing are lack of attention, verbal words, and being a bad role model.
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Ruling over a child when they want to play is telling them to go away and play by themselves. Which can also lead to ignoring them. In “RHW,” Paul’s mother doesn’t pay very much attention towards him. Since she was constantly stressed, she tended to ignore Paul more than she should have. It caused him to become almost depressed because all he wanted to do was please his mother. Just watching his mother hurt is making him hurt. Another way parents hurt their children is by the words they use. When Paul’s mother told him everything about their financial issues, it made Paul want to help even more. She said the only reason they don’t have money is because his father is unlucky, so now Paul wanted to prove to his mom that he was lucky. He wanted to show her that he could win lots of money by determining the winner of the big horse race and betting on it. Sometimes parents’ don’t know how to use the right words when they are talking to their kids. Words could affect the child very much so if they are not child appropriate
Ruling over a child when they want to play is telling them to go away and play by themselves. Which can also lead to ignoring them. In “RHW,” Paul’s mother doesn’t pay very much attention towards him. Since she was constantly stressed, she tended to ignore Paul more than she should have. It caused him to become almost depressed because all he wanted to do was please his mother. Just watching his mother hurt is making him hurt. Another way parents hurt their children is by the words they use. When Paul’s mother told him everything about their financial issues, it made Paul want to help even more. She said the only reason they don’t have money is because his father is unlucky, so now Paul wanted to prove to his mom that he was lucky. He wanted to show her that he could win lots of money by determining the winner of the big horse race and betting on it. Sometimes parents’ don’t know how to use the right words when they are talking to their kids. Words could affect the child very much so if they are not child appropriate